2024 the trends in cruise
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New Ross boost of €40m for development of tourist trails in 2024
Tom Enright CEO of Wexford County Council New Ross will see €40m invested in the…
Brannockstown to Dunlavin road closes for two months
Sonya Kavanagh CEO of Kildare County Council Kildare County Council plans a 50-day closure of…
Irish visits now 4pc of Spain’s inbound tourism
Rubén López-Pulido Director of the Spanish Tourist Board in Dublin Spain’s official statistical agency Instituto…
Boeing share price falls after Alaska Airlines blow-out
Dave Calhoun CEO of Boeing Shares in Boeing fell initially by up to 4pc in…
Egyptair B787 makes emergency landing at Dublin Airport with windshield crack
Ahmed Adel CEO of Egyptair An Egyptair dreamliner bound for Newark, New Jersey, made an…
Ten places to celebrate Ethiopian Christmas (January 7)
Ethiopian Christmas, known as Genna or Ledet in Amharic, is celebrated on January 7th each…
Up again, down again. Alaska Airlines returns 18 B737Max-9 to service then grounds then
Ben Minicucci Alaska Airlines CEO Alaska Airlines has removed the 18 of its B737Max-9 from…
LISTEN Alaska 1282: ‘Yes, we are an emergency. We are decompressed, we do need to return back to, we have 177 passengers.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDXC2SXTkRw
HERE is Alaska Airlines statement on Flight 1282 door blowout: ‘we anticipate all inspections will be completed in the next few days’
Ben Minicucci Alaska Airlines CEO 11:42 p.m. Pacific time, Jan. 5 At Alaska Airlines, safety…
Alaska Airlines grounds all 65 of its 737 Max 9 aircraft after door blow out
A passenger plane, the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, had to make an emergency…
WATCH: Alaska Airlines 1282 emergency landing in Portland Oregon after door blows out in mid air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6EWTbOi3NA
Knock Airport record 817,790 pax in 2023 (1.4pc ahead of pre pandemic)
Joe Gilmore of Knock airport Ireland West Airport achieved a record-breaking year in 2023 with…
Wanna buy a cruise ship? Nine old girls in the bargain basement
Seajet Veendam The Ocean Navigator and the Ocean Voyager: These are 202-guest coastal vessels, built…
Éist: Eoghan Corry & laethanta saoire an samhraidh 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuDsY-v-jp0
Beverleigh Hart promoted to Commercial Director for TBO
Beverleigh Hat and Lee Osborne Beverleigh Hart has been promoted to Commercial Director of Britain…
Ten places to celebrate Armenian Christmas (January 6)
Armenian Christmas is celebrated on January 6th (unlike the December 25th date for Western Christianity)…
January 6: celebrating the Epiphany around the world
Vatican City, Italy: On Epiphany, the Pope performs a Mass service at St. Peter’s Basilica…
‘Watch the water turn into wine at midnight,’ Nollaig na mBan from the schools folklore collection 1938
Seamus Dellargy director of the Irish folklore commission, who devised the collection of folklore from…
LISTEN: ‘Ten years to go and the train is already delayed’, Eoghan Corry & Kieran Cuddihy discuss Metrolink planning delays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNACCUUY0D0
‘Ryanair sat in on procurement process they are now criticising’ ANOTHER spat at Dublin airport
Kenny Jacobs, CEO, daa Ryanair has criticised the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) for allegedly breaching…
Vista coffee opens at former Starbucks location in Dublin airport T1
Vista coffee has opened at Dublin airport Terminal 1 just past The Loop, in the…
Howth beats Kinsale in NY newspaper list of Ireland’s prettiest seaside towns
Alison Metcalfe of Tourism Ireland New York The Irish Star’s list of “prettiest Irish seaside…
Bristol follows Gatwick in raising drop-off fee from £5 to £6
Bristol airport has followed Gatwick in raising its drop-off fee from £5 to £6 and…
‘Deascéal ar deireadh an drochscéil’ ÉIST ar Eoghan Corry ag plé scéalta taistil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDLRYWXj-g
Maybourne Hotel Group to open Knightsbridge hotel in April 2024
Gianluca Muzzi CEO of Maybourne Hotel Group The Maybourne Hotel Group plans to open its…
Cathay offers free inflight wifi to business class passengers
Ronald Lam CEO of Cathay Pacific Cathay Group’s CEO, Ronald Lam, plans to extend free…
Guinness Storehouse back to 88pc of pre pandemic visitor numbers
Catherine Toolan CEO of Guinness Storehouse and Paul Carty who preceded her as founding CEO…
Ryanair shares drop 4pc as online travel agents remove airline from website
Michael O’Leary Ryanair anticipates passenger numbers will be affected by up to 2pc by the…
AerCap confirms $1.3bn in Russian insurance settlements during 2023
Aengus Kelly of AerCap AerCap has summarised its activities in 2023: Signed a total of…
LISTEN: Travel in 2024 Eoghan Corry & Ivan Yates (‘I don’t want to interrupt but the programme ends at 12 o’clock’)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdvG8HkhI8
LISTEN: Travel and new routes in 2024, Eoghan Corry on Morning Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVbAQY_hXE
WATCH: HERE are the plans for Dublin’s airport metro service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93xrcybz2kg
MetroLink planning process faces further delays as An Bord Pleanála stalls
An oral hearing has added months to the timeframe required for An Bord Pleanála to…
Travel Counsellors acquires travel tech platform Planisto
Cathy Burke of Travel Counsellors Travel Counsellors, which now has 80 counsellors in Ireland, has…
150 flight cancellations due to Haneda A350 fire
Tokyo Haneda Airport partially reopened on Wednesday with 150 flights cancellations. In response to Tuesday’s…
Thailand reduces taxes on wine from 10pc to 5pc & discontinues 10pc tax on spirits
Chris Lee of Thailand Tourism Thailand’s government has approved a temporary tax cut on alcohol…
Club Med moves upmarket and plans South African property
Henri Giscard d’Estaing CEO of Club Med Club Med, aiming to offer exclusively premium products…
Turkish Airlines plans first Australia flights in 2024
Eoghan Corry with Ahmet Bolat CEO of Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines has disclosed plans to…
Etihad adds two Kerala connections to network
Antonoaldo Neves CEO of Etihad As of 1 January, 2024, Etihad Airways has initiated two…